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ALL SEATS RESERVED-.75 & $1.50 PLUS TAX THE, ARMY LIFE, XII-NIGHT PROBLEMS I N time of war it is often considered more practical, and safer, for infan- trymen to proceed from one spot to another at night. This, of course, enables them to move with some degree of se- crecy, though, to be sure, it deprives them of the pleasure of passing in daz- zling review before their coun trymen and of receiving bouquets and affectionate cheers from their countrywomen. The officers at Camp Croft, South Carolina, who would rather have my fellow-se- lectees and myself trained than bedecked or beloved, have accordingly taken us on a number of night "problems," or ma- neuvers, the exact number being five. Before starting out on our first prob- lem, a lieutenant gave the men in my battalion some general advice about night fighting. He told us, to begin with, that only a fool or a rookie would signal another soldier in the dark by so obvious and revealing a method as call- ing out to him. It is preferable to ar- range in advance a sort of aural code system and to exchange confidences by, for instance, clicking a thumbnail on a matchbox. On the chance, however, that someone might make an undue racket with his matchbox and thus at- tract the enemy's attention, we were advised to equip ourselves for emergency personal combat with some such handy weapon as a sawed-off shotgun, a trench knife, a blackjack, or a set of brass kn uckles, the last three being especially recommended because they are both ef- ficient and quiet. The lieutenant, after enumerating this arsenal, eXplained that the weapons on the list were, according to a strict interpretation of international law, illegal but that he did not feel that any enemy \ve might be called upon to face was a stickler for' sportsmanship. The first night problem was a sim- ple hike of four and a half miles, and we carried only such re gula- tion arms as rifles and bayonets. We set off shortly after dark, · travelling "at ease;" that is, marching along not at attention but without talking or smoking. The stealthy tread of the couple of thou- sand feet attached to our battalion was nevertheless audible enough to arouse the suspicions of a good many of the watchdogs in South Carolina, who sup- plied a full set of sound effects for our theoretically silent trek. Since we were at ease, we were unable to quiet them by reassuring whistles or by any other con- ventional call of man to dog. We were further harassed by our battalion com- mander, a conscientious lieutenant colo- nel, who, to check on our discipline, drove up behind our marching columns without turning his headlights on. The colonel, however, did not bark at us; on the contrary, at the end of the hike he said that our discipline had been fine. We got back to our company area at ten o'clock and scralnbled into our mess hall for coffee and doughnuts, the standard reward to Camp Croft men who solve a night problem. O UR second problem was substan- tially the same as the first. At the end of the march, however, we pitched pup tents. The locale picked out for these operations was the same patch of woods we frequently inhabit during day- light hours while engaged in small war games. Although we are familiar with every square foot of this area, the place seemed strange and unfriendly by what little moonlight came through the trees. My squad stumbled along behind a guid- ing corporal until he pointed to a clearing, at which two of us detached' oursel ves from the group and prepared to set up a tent. E very soldier carries part of one, known as a shelter half, inside the pack on his back. We slipped our two halves out of our packs, opened them up, and started hopefully to but- ton them together, meanwhile mutter- ing to ourselves how nice it would be if we were allowed to strike a match, which we weren't. My partner, who was sincere but had never before applied himself to a pup tent, whispered that he intended to rely wholly upon my efforts, which were feeble, since I had put up a total of two tents before. We got to work, nevertheless, and in a half-hour or so constructed a tenuous shelter that, in the dim light, appeared to be only a little more swaybacked than an Army mule about to be retired after thirty years of loyal ser- · :. - - :' fq,;' .; - - -- - - - . ........ , . 1 G n I .',. V1C few days later we gath- U U U ered that our next twilight ex- cursion would be different from the earlier ones when, shortly before departure, we were issued gas masks. Soon after starting, we swerved off a perfectly serviceable highway and be- gan to trudge across some unpaved fields. We had no idea when we were going to put on our masks, but we had been informed that word would be passed along with the minimum amount of noise. As we were deploying through a garden of lofty goldenrod, my squad